It's Saturday, things are slow. Time for some quotes!
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual. ~ Thomas Jefferson
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election. ~ Otto von Bismarck
It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies. ~ Noam Chomsky
He who is not sure of his memory should not undertake the trade of lying. ~ Montaigne
"It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies." ~ Arthur Calwell
"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water." ~ Miguel de Cervantes
"A half-truth is a whole lie." ~ Jewish proverb
Always tell the truth. That way, you don't have to remember what you said. ~ Mark Twain
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. ~ John F. Kennedy
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. ~ Abraham Lincoln
Recall Sarah Palin
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